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audiofile


Information about the package, audiofile, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The audiofile package is designed for, A library for accessing various audio file formats.


Package Name:

audiofile

Summary:

A library for accessing various audio file formats

Description:

The Audio File library is an implementation of the Audio File Library from SGI, which provides an API for accessing audio file formats like AIFF/AIFF-C, WAVE, and NeXT/Sun .snd/.au files. This library is used by the EsounD daemon. Install audiofile if you are installing EsounD or you need an API for any of the sound file formats it can handle.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.2.6

Release:

11.1.el6

Size:

95 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for audiofile


Control the audiofile package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install audiofile

This command will install audiofile on the server.

yum remove audiofile

This command will un-install audiofile on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove audiofile, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove audiofile

This command will un-install audiofile on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove audiofile when using the -y flag.

yum update audiofile

This command will update audiofile to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove audiofile, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update audiofile

This command will update audiofile to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove audiofile when using the -y flag.

yum info audiofile

This command will show you core information about the audiofile package.

yum deplist audiofile

This command will show you the dependencies for audiofile. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update audiofile

This command will check if there is an update waiting on audiofile. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.